Title Make us one [Ezekiel 37:15-28]
Let the contents become one [Ezekiel 37:15-28]
make us one
Israel was divided into North and South during the Rehoboam era, and the northern kingdom of Israel was overthrown by Assyria in 721 B.C. Ezekiel is taken to Babylon during the second invasion. If you look at the cause of Israel's failure, it was not because of lack of strength. They were destroyed because God left them. No matter how strong a nation is, if God leaves it, it will inevitably perish. No matter how weak a nation is, it will not perish if God is with us. won't lose.
But now in Judah, God has left them. He became like a sheep without a shepherd. Sheep without a shepherd are good prey for animals. Why did God leave them? Because of their idolatry and sin. The reason for leaving God is because of my pride and my sins. It is the same whether it is a family, a church, or a country. When idols come in, when sin comes in, God leaves.
I believe that the reason why our country is still not reunified is because of our sins. We will say that Kim Il-sung is bad and Kim Jong-il is bad, but when we look back at ourselves, will God help this country? Are you going politically right? Are you financially honest? In addition, all kinds of entertainment culture are spread across the streets and towns. There is even a bar in front of the apartment, and a bar in front of the university is booming.
Idolatry is on the rise. The world's best idol pavilion was built and boasted, and fortune tellers are crowded with people. The fact is that there are many academics and doctors who bow down with pig heads in a university town called the ivory tower of intelligence. The number of shaman's houses is increasing, and even there are fortune tellers who match lottery tickets, but there are foolish people who believe in it and go to it.
How about the North? Kim Il-sung is God and Kim Jong-il is Jesus. It is so deified. That's why I use the era name. Starting from the year of Kim Il-sung's birth, this year will be Juche 92. April 15th, Kim Il-sung's birthday, was designated as Buyeo Sun Day, which means more than Christmas. The Geumsusan Memorial Palace was built and the body of Kim Il-sung was mummified and held up like a temple.
Let me give you an example of how thoroughly ideological education is deified. This story is the testimony of Professor Jong-Nam Jeong, who defected from Russia in 1992 and is currently an advisory professor at the Korea Educational Development Institute.
There was a student at the university where this man was, whose father was a fisherman. In the north the fisherman must be the best. Because he is a person who goes out to sea on a boat and works, he can go south any time he wants, so a person who does not have good ingredients cannot become a fisherman. One evening an order came from the superior. Among the students, he was asked to hire Amugae, whose father is a fisherman. The reason is that his father, a fisherman, went out on a boat and went missing, but he must have gone south. So, you can't make traitors of the people go to school, so it's the tsar.
From then on, this student became a member of a Vietnamese family. The student is so distressed that he intends to commit suicide. The professor who was in charge of it comforted me by saying that it would be bearable if I endured it. Then one day, a message came saying that all the students and professors would gather in the auditorium. Everyone was curious about what was going on and gathered in the auditorium. People from above entered the auditorium.
Among them were the head of the Science Education View of the Central Party and the Minister of Education and, in our words, the Deputy Prime Minister of Education. Everyone is quiet, but a child who is pictured as a male family member is summoned. Then he called the student a hero. In other words, I thought the father had gone south, but that was not the case, the ship sank and all crew members died. The father's body was found on a Chinese beach.
The flesh was all rotten, but there was something hugging my chest, and when I pulled it out, it was a portrait of Kim Il-sung. The portrait had been wrapped in plastic to prevent water from getting in and was holding it in his chest. So not a drop of water was buried in the portrait. He valued President Kim Il-sung so much and acted heroically even when he died. So his son was given the title of hero, and he joined the Central Labor Party, where he was treated unconventionally. And every time I do this, I'm tossing around on an hourly basis. If you love Kim Il-sung's father, the leader, you will succeed like this You too should be treated like that.
Almost everyone in North Korea wears the Kim Il-sung badge. But if you look at the badge and say what the badge is, you will be in big trouble. It's about where you point your finger. Be sure to raise your hand, what is that veil? and have to ask.
and take the sack You can't even take it off. You have to bring down the veil and serve it. We got annoyed that we didn't carelessly spread the newspaper. The reason is that there is a picture of Kim Jong-il in that newspaper. If you wipe the frame even when you are cleaning the portrait frame, your neck will fly off. You have to do the honest work. Their attitude toward Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il cannot be compared to the way we Christians think and worship God.
That is why I went to the north and apologized to God. We serve with such utmost sincerity, even when we die and return to the dust, but we are not too devoted to serving the eternal God and the living God. Look at the slogans they use. ?쏬et?셲 be willing to lay down one?셲 life for the great leader???쏧t is an honor to live or die for you???쏛ll glory and joy to the leader???쏬et?셲 defend the leadership of the revolution with our lives???쏷he great leader Comrade Kim Il-sung is with us forever We are with you.??A nation that serves people more than God A nation where people stand by God?셲 place Will God be with you? Will there be unity?
Nevertheless, we want to find the answer in the Bible today. ?쏛s two sticks become one in your hand, so join the sticks together to become one, and the two will become one in your hand. Verse 19 says, ?쐔hey will be one in my hand.??I think this verse has a meaning for us. First, let them become one in your hands. Then you will become one in my hand. First we must become one in our hands. To become one, you have to hold hands. It's shaking hands. Shaking hands means reconciliation. Enemies join hands to reconcile. Friends become one by holding hands.
When we become one like this, God makes us one. Dear brothers and sisters, the first thing to do before unification is to work hard to become one. I believe that He will open the way for unification when we strive to become one. The two will become one in my hand. Unity is in God's hands. Unification can only be achieved when God moves people, sets their hearts free, and frees the hearts that are captivated by evil enemies. To do that, you must first become one. How do you become one? Would you like to become an ideology? Will it be a thought? The only way to become one is through love.
There is something we promised each other as we climbed this time. Let's not talk about politics, let's not talk about ideology. Let's look at them only with love.
And every place that guided us on a rainy day and showed us is a propaganda field. Mangyeongdae, called their ancestral temple, Mangyongdae is called Mangyongdae because you can see 10,000 kinds of scenery. There, the birthplace of Kim Il-sung is reproduced and used as a propaganda site. Next, the Juche Tower is a 170-meter-tall Juche Tower dedicated to Kim Il-sung on April 15, 1982, on his 70th birthday. Standing tall in the center of Pyongyang's center, this pagoda has a 20-meter red beacon on top of a 150-meter tower.
The dan is 70 dan, meaning the 70th birthday, and 25,550 granite stones, the same number of days Kim Il-sung has lived up to you, were used. This tower is Kim Il-sung. By looking up at this tower, it can be said that it is a kind of obelisk and the Tower of Babel of absoluteness that makes the absolute authority and its obedience a consciousness.
The next day they went to Mt. Baekdu, which is called Seongsan. There, too, there was a huge inscription called Mt. Baekdu, the holy mountain of revolution. We have received God's grace. The guide said that he had climbed the mountain for 20 years, and it's a very rare day to see. The sky was so clear that it wasn't even fun. A lot of people came here, but there are a lot of people who couldn't see it because it was raining and it was foggy. But how good are we? But what is the holy mountain of revolution on that beautiful Mt. Baekdu? At the foot of Mt. Baekdu, there is a fortress where Kim Il-sung fought for independence and the birthplace of Kim Jong-il who was born there.
The Mangyongdae Student and Boys Culture Palace and Bongsu Church are not missing from Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. If you keep your mouth shut, you are the great leader Kim Il-sung and General Kim Jong-il. Would you change the people you were so accustomed to from birth overnight? Patience is required here. It was said that love endures long. If you patiently love, deceive, love, give your heart, and help with all your heart, you will come to enlightenment. they love us I believe that when this love is transmitted to them and that love reaches heaven, God will unite us. I pray constantly for this day and hope that there will be loving service.